Catherine of Siena: Episode Five
The Saints
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🗓️ 6 June 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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🗺️ Catherine of Siena - Episode Five: The Pope’s Protector
Avignon. 1375. When her attempts to negotiate peace between the Anti-Papal League and Pope Gregory fall apart, Catherine dedicates herself completely to persuading the Pope to return to Rome. This is the only way to restore peace in Italy, and unity to the Church. But the young pope’s French family and his councilors will stop at nothing to keep the papacy in France.
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Blending courage with charity, Catherine of Siena models the radical pursuit of God - even at the cost of the esteem of the world. Catherine, a mystic, received the stigmata, but is also remembered for a major political achievement: through her intervention, she fought to return the papacy to Rome from Avignon, France. Catherine’s complete trust in God led her to act to restore the papacy to its rightful place at the head of the Church, instead of being merely a political position.
This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. Bernabo Visconti, an Italian tyrant, forces a representative of the pope to eat the message he was sent to deliver. The Pope is torn between his loyalties to his father and his duties to the Church. Catherine experiences intense visions, often collapsing in a mystical ecstasy. It is during one of these visions that she receives the stigmata. Bernabo Visconti threatens several characters. Characters are shown drinking after a successful battle. Bernabo Visconti mocks the idea of excommunication.
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| 0:00.0 | Avignon, 1375 AD. |
| 0:05.9 | When her attempts to negotiate peace between the Anti-Papel League and Pope Gregory fall apart, |
| 0:12.2 | Catherine dedicates herself completely to persuading the Pope to return to Rome. |
| 0:17.4 | This is the only way to restore peace in Italy and unity to the church. |
| 0:22.8 | But Gregory's French family and council will stop at nothing to keep the Pope in France. |
| 0:34.3 | The Saints |
| 0:35.4 | Adventures of Faith and Courage. |
| 0:39.2 | Catherine of Sienna. |
| 0:41.1 | Episode 5. |
| 0:42.5 | The Pope's Protector. |
| 0:44.5 | Listen to all the episodes and discover new shows at the Saintspodcast.com. |
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| 1:02.4 | More at the Saintspodcast.com slash Colby. |
| 1:16.5 | I remember when I would brush your hair just like this when you were a little girl. |
| 1:20.9 | It's still as gorgeous and golden as ever. |
| 1:26.0 | It's a pity you hide it under a veil all the time now. Oh, I was so furious when you cut it off. |
| 1:30.3 | You were determined to marry me off to Tommaso. |
| 1:33.3 | I had no idea what God had in store for you. |
| 1:36.3 | Neither did I. |
| 1:38.3 | What will happen, Catherine? |
| 1:41.3 | Is the church going to fall apart? Never. The church will never be defeated. |
| 1:48.0 | But if Florence and the Pope do not make peace? |
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